If you’re a web developer and you don’t use Angular 2 to create mobile and desktop web applications, then you’re doing it wrong. Everyone knows the web development industry is evolving fast—really fast. Angular 2 is no longer just a framework that extends HTML; it’s a JavaScript stacks development environment for the future.

But let’s start with the biggest query of them all: What is Angular 2?

Angular 2 is a web development environment. It’s most suited to developing responsive and modern web applications—desktop or mobile—which contain a horde of other libraries that can easily be extended. In other words, Angular 2 helps you to extend HTML capabilities to easily developdynamic, expressive, simple to understand web applications.

#1: It’s simple to understand

If you’re looking for a JavaScript environment with fewer concepts, look no further. Angular 2’s development framework has very few —which means you write less code— and they’re easy for any web developer to comprehend. Also, the directives are written as separate entities from the application. That means the application can be written by another parallel team with minimum compatibility issues.

#2: It helps you to split your web application into MVC components

The majority of web development frameworks implement the MVC (Model View Controller) by lumping all the code together. Angular 2 splits the web applications into separate MVC components. This means that all you have to do is to split your code and let the framework manage these components for you.

#3: You’ll still use the HTML interface!

Angular 2 runs on the HTML interface, so it will be familiar to pretty much all web developers. The fact that you’re using an HTML interface means that you can incorporate as many UI developers as possible when creating your application. HTML is also used to control the execution of the program, so no need to waste time figuring out how the program should flow.

#4: It has a ready-to-go testing unit

Angular 2 is linked to the Dependency Injection unit which manages the controllers and scopes. Since the controllers rely on the Dependency Injection to sendthe information, the Angular 2 tests can use it for unit testing purposes which can measure the output behavior. As a matter of fact, the mock HTTP provider in Angular 2 provides server responses to the controllers, making the framework one of the most flexible testing units.

#5: It’s flexible to use with filters

Angular 2 can help you create sortable HTML tables because of its filters. As the name suggests, their primary function is to help filter out the data before it reaches the HTML view. The filters have been developed in a manner that enables them to be stand-alone functions which can split up the program the same way the directives work. Because of this, filters can be used to sort out the HTML tables without the need for JavaScript code.

#6: You can invent your own HTML elements!

Yes, you can discover your own HTML elements when you use Angular 2’s development framework. Angular 2 uses directives that extend HTML functionalities. Therefore, you can develop your application by incorporating as many custom elements as possible that are not defined in standard HTML.

#7: It’s easy to set up communication with the server

The Angular 2 framework contains inbuilt services that ride on top of the XML HTTP Request (XHR) and other backends which use third-party libraries to help set up communication between the client and the server. For instance, the AngularFire library can help you to link up easily with the back-end database in a simple web application.

Putting it all together

Understanding the value of the Angular 2 framework can help you develop websites that are great, effective and more responsive. These are essential attributes that your website should have if you want to convert it into a marketing hub.